April 24, 1884.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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s strewn with such a variety of tropical shells as would drive a con- 

 ebologist wild with delight. 



HeTe we Camped and revelled in tropical surroundings for two 

 weeks. Then we left the Alligator with our tent and all our camp 

 outfit in readiness For next year's cruise, and on board the schooner 

 that wakes bi-weekly trips between Lake Worth and Jacksonville 

 returned to our point of departure well satisfied with our winter's 

 work. 



A point definitely and satisfactorily settled by the crew of the Alli- 

 gator on this cruise is that at least one honorary lady member of the 

 A. C. A. enters into the pleasures and endures the hardships of 

 genuine camping and small-boat cruising with as much zest, hearti- 

 ness and pluck us her more masculine" associates, and she makes 

 solemn declaration that she will never be left at home again when a 

 similar expedition is to be undertaken by her husband. 



O. K. Chobee. 



THE CHART LOCKER. 



VI.— WINNXPISEOGEE AND MERRIMACK RIVERS. 



"W. H. N." will find plenty of water in both of these rivers any 

 time in June. But look out for logs, as the annual drive is due about 

 that time. The Wmnipiseogee is obstructed by innumerable dams, 

 and the wise canoeist will transport his craft from Tiltou four miles 

 across country to Franklin, where the i'emigewasset and Wiunipi- 

 seogee unite to form the Merrimack. Sewall's Falls, above Concord, 

 easily run; Garvin's Falls, three miles below, are the worst on the 

 river, half mile carry; short carry around Hooksett dam, then nine 

 miles slack water to Manchester; look out for Amoskeag dam above 

 bridge; carry through city; five miles of rapids to Goff's Falls; can 

 be run. but care must he used; run Reed's and Cromwell's Falls; 

 clear water Nashua to Lowell; canal through city, or better, carry 

 around Pawtucket dam and rapids below: Hun'ts Falls, a half-mile 

 series of easy rapids, below city: take canal through Lawrence; 

 strong current, passing through Mitchell's Falls to Haverhill at the 

 head of tide water, then broad and open water to the sea at New- 

 buryport, The lower half of the Merrimack is the prettiest for 

 cruising, and some of the choicest bits are found between Lowell 

 and Lawrence, where it is proposed to hold a local meet, for Eastern 

 canoeists early in June. Don't, miss it. Clytie. 



THE GALLEY FIRE. 



CANOE AND CAM? COOKERY. 



FOR the canoeist the canned soups are the handiest, and can be 

 prepared in a very short time by following the directions printed 

 on every can. But for the general camper, whose room for luggage 

 is not limited to a boat 14x30, 1 submit a few instructions on soups 

 that may be useful. 



The time given for cooking soups in the recipes below may seem 

 unnecessarily long, but if it is done in a less time, it is at a loss in the 

 flavor. Fast boiling drives off considerable of the aroma of the in- 

 gredients used, the water evaporates fast and requires constant re- 

 plenishing with boiling water, which compels the cook to have an ad- 

 ditional vessel always on the fire. Constant skimming is necessary, 

 and an occasional slight stirring will prevent any of the vegetables 

 from burning on the pot where but little water is used. Campers do 

 not commonly have fresh meat in camp, unless in a portion of the 

 country where venison, buffalo or bear meat form a part of the larder. 

 With any one of these, or with beef, we can make what I will call 



Meat Soup.— Use one pound of lean meat to a quart of water. Put 

 on the fire with the wafer cold, and let it heat gradually and simmer 

 rather than boil, skimming it constantly and seeping the cover on 

 the pot when this operation is not being performed. If any cooked 

 meat or bones are to be added, this should be done after the soup has 

 cooked three-quarters of an hour. From five and a half to six hours 

 are necessary for the soup to cook. Just before it is done, season 

 with salt and pepper. If made in an iron pot it should be transferred 



as soon as done to a tin or earthen vessel. In cold weather this soup 

 may be kept fresh and sweet for a week, and "warmed over' as long 

 as it lasts. 



Vegetable Soup.— Onions, potatoes, carrots, turnips, beats, pars- 

 nips, cabbage, cauliflower, pumpkins, squash, etc., should be picked 

 over, washed, pared, and cut into small pieces from a quarter to a 

 half inch thick, put into a pan of cold water, rinsed and drained. 

 Tomatoes should be scalded, peeled and sliced. Prepare a meat 

 soup as above, and when it has cooked four hours put in ail your 

 vegetables except potatoes, which should be put iu only about thirty 

 minutes before the soup is done. Stir the soup occasionally to pre- 

 vent the vegetables from scorching or sticking to the bottom of the 

 pot, and skim frequently. When done take out the vegetables, mash 

 and return them to the soup, boil one minute, season and serve. 

 Canned corn or tomatoes may be used in this soup the same as fresh 

 vegetables. 



Deer's Head Soup.— Skin the head and split it in pieces, remove the 

 eyes and brains and wash thoroughly in cold water. Then cook same 

 as in meat soup. Squirels, rabbits, and small game generally can be 

 cleaned and split and made into soup as above. When vegetables are 

 added to soup made of small game, the latter should be removed and 

 strained, and the good meat returned to the pot just before the vege- 

 tables are put in, leaving out all the bones, skin, gristle, etc. 



Tomato Sovp.— Mix one tablespoonful of Hour and a piece of but- 

 ter the size of an egg into a smooth paste, and chop one onion fine. 

 Prepare three pounds of tomatoes as for vegetable soup (the same 

 amount of canned tomatoes may be used) and put all the ingredients 

 with a teaspoonfulof salt into three pints of cold water. Boil gently 

 for an hour, stirring frequently enough to dissolve the*tomatoes and 

 prevent burning, then stir in oiie pint of boiled milk, and let it come 

 again to a boil, constantly stirring. Season and serve. 



Rice Soup.— Make a meat soup, with the addition of one sliced 

 onion. Prepare the rice (one-half pound to a gallon of water) by pick- 

 ing it over, washing and draining, and stir it into the soup half an 

 hour before it is done, stirring frequently to prevent burning. 



Bean Soup.— Pick over two quarts of beans, wash, and soak them 

 over night in cold water. Scrape clean one pound of salt pork, and 

 cut into thin slices. Drain the beans, put them into six quarts of cold 

 water, with one tablespoonful of soda, and let them boil gently for 

 half an hour, skimming constantly. Then drain off all the water and 



Eut in the same amount ot fresh boiling water. Boil slowly for an 

 our and a half, stirring frequently ; then put in the pork. When the 

 beans have become tender enough to crack, take out the pork and 

 mash the beans into a paste with a wooden masher or the bottom of 

 a large bottle. Then put all back and boil slowly an hour longer. If 

 no soda is used, longer boiling will be necessary. Bean soup will burn 

 if not constantly stirred. Not much salt, but plenty of pepper should 

 be used for seasoning. 



Pea Soup.— Treat the peas exactly the same as the beans in the 

 above recipe, except as to the preliminary boiling in water with soda. 

 Make the same way as bean soup. Pea soup cools and thickens 

 rapidly, therefore if squares of fried bread are thrown upon the sur- 

 face before serving, it should be done quickly and while the bread is 

 hot. Use more salt than with the bean soup for seasoning, and boil 

 gently or it will surely burn. 



Onion Soup.— Put three lablespoonfuls of butter in a frying-pan, 

 cut six large onions in slices, and stir them into the butter over the 

 fire till they begin to cook. Thea cover tight and set them where 

 they will simmer slowly for half an horn". Put a quart of milk with a 

 tablespoonful of butter on to boil, and while this is doing stir into the 

 onions a tablespoonful of flour while they arc simmering. Turn the 

 mixture into the boiling milk and cook quarter of an hour, seasoning 

 with salt and pepper. If an old tin pan is handy that you can use for 

 the purpose, the soup will be improved by knocking small holes in 

 the bottom of the pan, thus making a colander, and straining the 

 soup through it, afterward adding the well-beaten yolks of four eggs 

 and cooking three minutes longer. 



Ouster Soup.— Pat a gallon of milk and half a pound of butter into 

 the pot and heat gradually. When hot, stir in the strained liquor of 

 two quarts of oysters, very gradually, to prevent the milk from curd- 

 ling, then one pound of crushed crackersjpr bread crumbs. When it 

 has come to a boil put in the oysters (two quarts), and let it cook till 

 the edges of the oysters curl up, when it should be seasoned and 

 served. 



Clam Soup. -Exactly the same as above,' using clams instead of 

 oysters. „ , 



Mud Turtle 3oup.—Ai Lake View Point, Onondaga Lake, I was 

 once regaled with an excellent soup made of fresh-water tortoises, 

 or "mud turtles." Unfortunately I did not obtain the recipe, but I 

 have written to a friend who may be able to get it of the cook. 

 "French Fred" Ganier, and if obtained, it will be given in a future 

 paper. 



Next week's discourse dietetic will be on the subject ot* 



SCMEOA. 



THAT SNEAKBOX AGAIN. 



Editor Forest and Strtom. 



If I can possibly have a 12X4 sne&kbox in stock at the time of the 

 A. C. A. meet iu August, I will have it at the Thousand Islands, and 

 give the "boys" a chance to compare it with the canoe if we get wind 

 enough. 



I have heard that they will live where nothing else can, and I kuow 

 the canoe will live where much larger craft dare not venture. I have 

 been under paddle in a 10!£ft. \26iti. canoe, where it troubled an 

 18ft. X4ft. Whitehall open boat to keep free from water. 



Call Dr. lleighway as the next witness; he took a very rough sail 

 down Lake Ontario in a 15ff.x31in. Princess two years ago, and I 

 think found out just about how much wind and water such a canoe 

 could live in. J- H. Rushton. 



Canton, N. Y. 



PELICAN C. C— Twenty gentlemen met at Young's Hotel, Boston, 

 on the 16th of April, and organized the Pelican C. C, owning ten 

 canoes. The following officers were elected: Commodore, Wayne 

 II. North, Boston; Vice Commodore, C. 0. Osgood, Georgetown. 

 Mass.; Secretary, B. J. Bowen. Boston: Treasurer, C. E. Symms, 

 Medford. Mass.; Directors. William P. MeMulten, Biddeford, Me., 

 Arthur Y. King, Boston; G. A. Holland. Medford, Mass. The club 

 burgee adopted was white maltese cross on red ground, its size 

 llxSOln. One of the most enjoyable features of the evening was a 

 banquet, the center piece on the table being a small canoe of birch 

 bark filled with beautiful dowers. This was floating on a miniature 

 lake with banks of flowers. A canoe of ice was served resting on a 

 sea of spun sugar, and was very palatable as well as artistic. Com- 

 mittees were appointed to lay out cruises, etc. 



THE ROCHESTER C. C— At the annual meeting, held April 8, 

 elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Captain, Frank F. 

 Andrews; Mate, Edwin M. Gilmore: turser, Matt Angle; Executive 

 Committee, Geo. H. Harris, Herbert J. Wilson. Fred W. Storms. The 

 constitution was amended, abolishing the cumbersome titles of com- 

 modore, vice-commodore and secretary-treasurer, and substituting 

 captain, mate and purser in their place. The new club house on Iron- 

 dequoit Bay, a two-story structure, 16x31. will be occupied early in 

 May. Several new canoes are being built for the fleet. It is the in- 

 tention of the club to hold a regatta when warm weather sets in. 

 Communications have passed between the Toronto Club and the 

 Rochesters, looking toward a local meet.— Matt Angle. 



N. Y. Y. C— Mr. Stokes, in the Will o' the Wisp, in company with 

 Mr. Taylor, in the Hiawatha, made the first trip of the season— a run 

 around Staten Island— leaving the club house at 6 A. M. on Saturday 

 and reaching West Brighton at 7:30 P. M., having sailed down the Bay 

 and paddled against tide and wind up from Perth Amboy. 



NEW YORK STILL AHEAD.-The secretary of the Knickerbocker 

 C. C. writes under date of April 14 : "Had the pleasure of lugging 

 one of our men from the (semi) briny depth of the Hudson on Friday 

 last, after the first upset of the season." The N. Y. C. C. had their 

 first upset on Thursday, April 10. Try again, Knickerbockers. 



Qapt. Farrar's New Book.— We are informed that Capt. Charles 

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 press, entitled "Wild Woods Life; or, A Trip to Parmachenee," which 

 will be published early in May by l.ee & Shepard, Boston. The story 

 is written in the same pleasant style that characterizes all ot the 

 Captain's works. The retail price of the book will be $1.50, and 

 orders for it may be sent to this offiee, which will be filled as soon as 

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